Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-12-22
THE DULUTH AND DENVER.
What Some of Our Neighbors Have to 50,
About the New Ltne

by Sioux Falls, Yankton, Hurley, Len
nox and Parker people. Each town
seems to be equally sure that they
know the proposed route of the Duluth
road. While there is some talk that
the Duluth road will cross at Wheeler,
in Charles Mix county. the Independent
Is almost sure that it will not. Our
reasons are these: Increasing through
country, a railroad usually selects
country that will, by development. be-
come either rich manufacturing coun-
try or a rich agricultural district. The
country from Wheeler to Denver is
neither. Immediately west of Wheeler
are the Bad Lands, and southwest we
find a vast extent of sand hills, so that
for nearly two hundred miles from
WHEELER there is absolutely nothing to
attract a railroad company, unless they
are in search OF sand. Neither could
railroad company ever expect a cents
worth OF patronage from this region
for all time to come. and the cuts would
be filled with loose sand faster than it
could be cleaned out. On the other
hand from Sioux Falls to Yankton by
way OF Lennox and Hurley, the road
would pass through the finest agricultu-
raj country in Dakota, country de-
vcloped, thickly settled by thrifty farm
ers, besides being the nearest route to
Denver, with bridge charter at Yank-
ton, and as fine country from Yank-
| ton to Denver as there is in Nebraska,
andy can bet your loose change that
that is the course the Duluth road is
liable to take allreports to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader 14th inst:
The Argus-Leader yesterday mentioned
the presence IN the city of surveyors
who were said to be in the employ of
the Manitoba and who yesterday began
their survey toward Denyer. 1t now
becomes evident that the party is in
the employ of Parker and other towns
and has nothing to do with the Mani
toba, except to make preliminary and
4
which is surveying this way from
Yankton which is in the employ of the
Manitoba. This makes it certain that
as soon as spring opens up the Sioux
| Falls and Wilmar will be extended
Denverward and thus tbs scheme for
which the Queen City has labored so
long and earnestly is made sure. But
! whether the road goes to Wheeler or to
4 Yankton from here is not certain and
is probably not yet decided. The sur
veyors are of course reticent and are
perhaps ignorant of the route they
themselves will take. Those who know
the hand of the company, however, are
willing to bet that President Hill will
i play his Yankton card at the critical
point of the game. One thing is sure.
Denver is to be the terminus Of the
Sioux Falls and Wilmar and this city
is to be on grand trunk line connect
ing the northern lakes with the riches
of the Pacific slope.
| Sioux Fails Press, 18th: Yesterday
a gang of surveyors in the employ of
the Duluth railroad commenced the
4 work of surveying line from this city
to Denver, for the proposed extention
of the Duluth railroad. Their survey
starts from the Duluth depot grounds
in Galesburg, runs through Clark
Coates farm and on toward the south
west. It's not known what Dakota
towns the surveyors will pass through,
or whether the crossing of the Missouri
will be made at Yankton or at Wheeler,
a small town in Charles Mix county,
which is about seventy-five miles west
j Of Yankton. Some of the Duluth
J officials haye been very much impressed
with the chance of crossing the river
at Wheeler, but Yankton won't allow
: it to go there without making a fight.
This move on the part of the surveyors
!; would indicate that one year hence a
person can make run to Denver as
well as Duluth.
Omaha Republican,: "a special dis
patch to the Republican was received
last night from Yankton, stating that
a corps of Manitoba engineers arrived
there yesterday and Will immediatly
survey route for their road between
: Sioux Falls and Yankton. This CON-
pany, continues the dispatch, contem-
plates constructing a line to Norfolk
4 wit
Pacific"
9 Yankton Press and Dakotian 20
t There are indications that the Manitoba
l engineer corps finishes the Sioux Falls
4 and Yankton line it will still have
9 work to do.-The surveying part,
/ which will locate the perman ent lint
; of the Manitoba from Yankton tx
/ Sioux Falls leaves Yankton tomorrow
Canton Advocate: A special from
q Yankton brings the information that {
' corps of engineers OF the Manitob;
railway company arrived there and vii
q Immediately survey route fora roat
q between Yankton and Sioux Falls
"a The same correspondent claims tn
% company contemplates constructing {
" line south from lankton to Omaha
> and also a line to Norfolk, connecting
d with the Union Pacific.
. APail Of Candy with
!. every SO. purchase